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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
A Young girl Murdered.

LOUISVILLE, April PA horrible murder
was perpetrated in the broad light of day
in one OF the most fashionable resident
portions OF this city this morning. The
police authorities have just been informed
of the horrible crime, and as yet it is
shrouded IN mystery. About 10 o'clock a
little colored girl living next door to the
Johnson family went into the kitchen of
the house and discovered blood upon the
floor and signs OF disorder. She called for
Jennie, the servant girl, but receiving no
answer started up the back stairway to her
room. There the child discovered the girl
lying upon the floor, horribly beaten about
the head, breathing her last. The child
gave the alarm, but the woman died before
the physicians arrived.
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IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE.
Verdict of the Jury in the Schwartz Watt
Murder Trial.

VI III lilo SClihdElL- HdlN
Murder Trial.
MORRIS, H., April 19-The protracted
trial OF the brakemen, Harry Schwartz and
Newton Watt. for the murder OF Express
Messenger kellogg Nicholson, on Rock
Island train year ago, came to an end to-
day. After having been in court twenty
six days, Sundays not included, and LOG
witnesses having been examined, the case
was given to the jury at p. m. The last
speech for the prosecution occupied most
of the day, being five hours in delivery.
Instructions from the court were very
numerous, and required fifty minutes to
read. a recess wSs taken pending the
jury's decision.
After being out five hours and ten
minutes, one hour of which was spent at
supper, the Jury was ready with verdict.
Before they had time to appear before the
Judge the courtroom had filed with spec
tators, many ladies being present. A death
like silence pervaded when the judge, tax
ing the verdict, read aloud the words pro-
nouncing Watt and Schwartz guilty of the
murder and sentencing them 10 imprisou-
ment in the penitentiary for life. The
verdict was received by the prisoners with
out a look or action of surprise. They
were quietly taken to their cell, and to.
morrow their attorneys will enter motion
for new trial. The motion will doubt
less be overruled. Then notice will be
gwen of an appeal, and in all probability q
stay of proceedings and a hearing IN the
upper courts will follow.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
The Deed of Ff.nds.

ST. LOUIS. April 21.-A dispatch from
the City of Mexico gives an account of a
most horrible and bloody affair committed
in the little city of Patzcuero last Wednes-
day night. The wife of Juan Ramierez
was the acknowledged belle of the town
and great favorite. Three policemen en-
tered into plot to outrage her, and on the
night mentioned they went to Ramlerez's
house, which was in the suburbs, entered
his bed room and fairly butchered HIM
upon his body. The spouting blood de-
luged the wife as she lay py the side of her
husband. and she tainted. After Ramierez
was dead they restored the wife to con-
sciousness and then carried out their
hellish plot, leaving the poor woman
almost dead.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27

about gill of hot feed every night. By
eeding thus, your stocks will increase very
rapidly, and when the honey commences
10 flow, you viii have strong stocks to
gather it. Again, should there be honey
in the blossoms, and cold and rainy
weather set in, feed as above, for should
the weather continue cold, the bees would
naturally commence TO destroy the work
already accomplished, by tearing out and
destroying the Matching brood. IL You
keep your bess for increase alone, feed them
every night, and continue to do so until
honey can be gathered in abundance.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
The Handling Of FsrtlizMs.-Munsy in
Breeding Good HOrsss.-Japan Hop.
Feeding Bees in May.-Fancy FOwls.-Un-
deTdraining.-Cut WOrms.-Castor
Beas.-HOuse and Farm Notes.
The Handling of Fertilizers.
IChlcago Herald.l


The importance OF accompanying the ma
nuTe in winter for use in the spring is
shown in the labor of hauling and hand
ling il. The greater the bulk the more Ia
Dor required and that, too, without really
adding a larger proportion OF fertiliZing
material to the soil. As manure can not
benefit plants unless some portions be solu-
bic or in fine condition, so as TO be readily
acted upon by the air, moisture, frost and
warmth, it may he observed that the more
complete the work OF reducing the manure
in the heap the shorter the time required
for its disintegration in the soil. When
large mass of bulky material is handled
and hauled to the fields the farmer not
only sustains loss in the inconven-
fence of handling the coarse lit
Ter, as well as placing IL on the
ground n an unfit condition for his pur-
pose, but he also handles and ha1ls large
quantity of water, which exists not only
IN the composition of the material, but
also by reason of being absorbed. As spring
is very busy period with the farmer, his
greatest desire at that time is to save labor,
vet he overlooks the fact that much OF the
labor OF hauling and distributing manure
could be lessened by properly managing
the heap during the winter months when
work TO be done is not so pressing as at
other times. Ii is not the bulky mass that
feeds the plants, but the fertilizing matter
contained therein. No correct estimates
of manurisl value can be given, but. &C
eepting the average cord of manure to be
1850 pounds, the farmer will hsUl 5000
pounds of water and nearly 800 pounds OF
silica in order to put upon his soil
about twenty-five pounds of nitrogen, fit-
teen pounds of magnesia, twenty-five
pounds of potash and tgenty-one pounds
of phosphOric acid, which are the real
materials he is hauling, much of the re-
mainder being of but little value. Ii he
can by properly managing the manure
heap reduce the bulk he may not add any
thing Of additional value, bat he viii have
reduced the labor required for handling
and hauling the manure, while the tine
condition OF the material will be favorable
for the rapid appropriation of the plant
food by the crops. Every farmer who has
undergone the disagreeable task of hand
ling partially deconposed cornstalks, when
hauling manure, can easily make a COM
parison with such by the side OF thorou yhly
decomposed fne compost, and it is far bet
ter 70 have ali this work done in the Darn
yard than TO place the manure on the field
and wait until it shall be done for him.
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Feeding Bees In May.
IAmerican AgrIculturist. |

TAutIItHu htTICuILuIISL.T
Large quantities Of brood are reared this
month, and after the red buds of the soft
maple have put forth their heads there will
be plenty of natural pollen for the bees to
gather. If there are no naples or willows
in your immediate vicinity, take some I'M
bolted rye-hour, mix it with saw-dust or
cut staT, and set in q sunny corner, shell
tered from the wind, when. il the bees re.
quire II, they will carry it freely. In
localities where there is honey in the bios
SONS a. this season, the bees will gather it
very rapidly, and the more honey they get
the faster the stock increases. Where there
are not enough honey-producing flowers,
By al means feed, at the entrance, say
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
Starting an Asparagus Bed.


DR.. /. II. Mayer, of Lancaster, Pa, writes
the New York Tribune: If you wish to
begin at the beginning, gather or buy as
paTagus seed. Colossal, defiance, giant, or
mammoth Will do as well as any. Sow the
seeds early, in rows, in fine, rich soil. Let
the seeds be two or three inches and the
rows two or three feet apart. The young
plants appear like small evergreens and
are quite unlike any common weed. Hoe
and weed often and allew nothing else to
grow on the same ground. In no way in
jure the tops OF the young plants. You
will then have good plants Of your own to
plant in the spring Of 1888. IL you wish to
save time buy your plants already grown.
The larger the better. May be some of your
neighbors are tearing up an old bed that
has become root-bound or run out from
neglect; If so, you may be able to getlarge
masses of roots for hauling them away.
Such masses, is properly divided. will pro-
duce surprising growth the first season
and may be cut freely the next. II you
plant asparagus at all plant early. AS soon
as the ground can be worked, prepare it by
plowlng or digging IN very liberal coat Of
well-rotted stable manure, compost, or
good fertilizer. The richer the soil natur-
ally the better and more profitable the
crop will be. 1t will grow on poor soil if
well fed after planting. Rake or harrow the
ground thoroughly. Usually it will not pay
10 subsoil. Open deep trenches or burrows
three feet apart. Place the plants about q
foot apart, with the crown-the buds or
center OF the plant-three inches below
the surface. Some plant closer, others
much farther apart, but this Is a safe dis
lance. If you have large masses of roots
plant them two feet apart in the row.
| Premium asparagus is usually grown from
plants at least three feet apart each way.
| If the roots are strong level the ground at
once; il very small cover only about an
| inch and fill the furrow at subsequent hoe
| ings. Keep the surface soil well stirred
and do not allow a weed to grow. II you
| plant small plants do not cut until 1890.
Most beds are ruined by cutting before the
plants have age or strength enough. Some
have been destroyed by persistent cutting.
When the early peas are fit to pick stop
| cutting asparagus. Give a good coat oil
manure all over the ground in winter
Turn this under with hook or fork early
in the spring, being careful to disturb only
two or three inches OF the soil near the
rows. A light dressing of salt soon after
will check the weeds and perhaps strengthen
| the growth of the plants.
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MISSOURI BALD KNoBBERS.
A Prominent Member of the Gang Makes
Startling Confession.

n Startling Confession.
OZARK, No., April 21.-The Bald Knob
Der situation is becoming more serious
each day, and the prisoners are beginning
to show considerable uneasiness. Yester-
day Charley Graves, prominent member
of the midnight raiders, entered the con-
fessional, and after long story of the raids
he had attended, giving the names of the
men who had accompanied him, he fixed
the murder of George Edens on John Mat
thews. On the first assault on the Edens
house George was shot down, but not killed.
After rsnsacking the house the masked
men retired, and Georges mother was
holding Georges head while he lay on the
floor. A man appeared at the door and
took deliberate aim at the wounded man,
and put bullet through his head, killing
him. Graves says he met John Matthews
coming from the house, and heard him say
that he was mad because he had been
wounded in the back of the head, and had
returned to the house Just as the party
were leaving and had finished the work be-
gun on George Edens. Parsons Simons
and viii Newton want to make confess
sions to save themselves, but the prosecu-
ton refuse to accept them, as they say they
now have enough testimony.
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Killed by a Cyclone.

SUFFOLK, Va, April 19.-Last night cy-
clone visited this section with fatal and
destructive effects. It's track was about
100 yards wide. The house of John Wright,
six miles north of Suffolk, was completely
demolished. Mr.. Wright, his wife, young
sister and James Luke were in the house
at the time. Mrs. Wright and Mr.. Luke
were killed, the young girl fatally injured,
and Mr.. Wright seriously hurt. Much
other damage was done to property along
the path of the cyclone.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
Iirhtness of Tools.

In the selection Of tools and machines
ightness IS too often overlooked. A proper
design, strength and good material are es-
sential, but to the proper working of the
tool lightness is equally important. An
overweighty instrument is clumsy one !;
hence it makes work slower and more la
borious. Economy of energy in the execu-
ton OF the work must be aimed at, and 1t
can not be attained with uselessly heavy
tools. Manufacturers find iron cheaper
than wood; hence iron is often used when
wood would answer the purpose as we'll,
and be lighter. 1t would be better to pay
q little more for the implement, IL neces-
sary, and get wood in place of iron. Some
thoughtlessly prefer iron to wood because
1t occupies less space, and its use makes a
neater looking implement. Unfortunately
they please their eyes at the expense of
their teams or the amount of work DONE
Iron and steel have their proper places, and
for various parts in many implements are
better than wood; but wood also has its
proper places, where it is better than iron
or steel, and should be put in those places.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
Money in Breeding Good Horses.
american Agriculturist. |

American AgrlculturlSt.
The best horses III the world for light
service are bred in the United States; in
deed, it may be said that this country
yields better class of horses for all work
than does any other on the globe; but,
beyond all question, our road horses are
signally superior to those of any other
land.
There is money, good, substantial money,
nor that in small quantity, in breeding
horses well, with a fixed end in view.
Every farmer has, or may have, a good
mare; it may be not one OF greas intrinsic
value, but q mare OF good points, we'll
spirited, good on the road, wefl-modeled as
a dam, with room to carry and ability to
uourish her foal. This mare is capable Of
dong good service in breeding, equally
with that she renders in other labors for
her owner.
The farmers aim should be the produc-
ton of the best toal possible, because it
costs no more to raise good than
poor colt, and there is no economy in
using q cheap or convenient stallion, when
a first one, OF Mt blood-l1nes and high
quality, can be had for a little extra
trouble and little more money. Let our
readers estimate the value of care IN breed
ing by considering the prices which good
stock brings, even when young, and the
condition of the markets in cities and large
towns, where good, welllooking horses,
having good action, style, and substance,
always are in demand, and they will con-
clude that it pays to breed well. There is
no use in trying to breed valuable stock, If
the sire is selected at hap-hszard; breeding
is a science, and there can be no sure out
come from either its study or application,
unless the progenIto~ of the stock shall
have been thoroughly bred. 1t is we'll to
use well-bred mare whenever this is pos
sible; bat strongly bred sire will unfail-
ingly improve upon the most ordinarily
bred dam, viii more than make good her
deficiencies, and compensate for the in
Vestment.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
a New Climber The Japan Hop.

The ordinary hop has a parental root;
but Japan hop pow offered is an annual.
Some Of the recent introductions of plants
from Japan and other oriental countries,
show singular departures from the ordinay
course OF things. Is is not long since that
fruit-growers were treated to a herbaceous
grapevine, the stem of which died down
with the fall of the leaf. and now we are
offered hop with an annual root, which
is prOpagated by seeds. 1t comes to us, for
q wonder, by the way Of Europe; of late
years the majority of japanese plants have
found their way into our gardens be-
fore they reached those of Europe. OF
Humulus Japonicus il is said, By the Ed
Topean seedsmen: This is perhaps the
most beautiful and quickess-growing of all
annual climbers, and is unrivalled by any
other climber to quickly cover verandas,
arbors, etc. 1t grows rapidly to twenty or
twenty-fou feet in hight, and the beauti-
fully-formed leaves remain green from the
ground to the top" 1t is perfectly hardy,
and may be sown in early spring.
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IL the spring is not shown until at least one
winter has passed over, the drained ground
freez ng the soil deeper than it could be
wEtle wet, and thus making it fertile to
a greater depth,
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RAILWAYS PILLS.

The Great Liver and Stomach Remedy
Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with
sweet gum, purge, regulate, purify, cleanse anG,
strengthen. RAILWAYS PILLS, for the cure Of
all Disorders OF the Stomach, Liver, Bowels,
Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Constipa-
housness, Fever, Inflammation of the Bowels
Piles, and all arrangements OF the internal Wis
cera. Purely vegetable, containing no mercus
~, minerals, or deleterious drugs.
PERFECT CURE.
viii be accomplished by taking one Of RAD
ways Pills every morning, about 10 O'Clock, as -
dinner pill. By so doing
SICK HEADACHE.
Dyspepsia, Foul stomach, Biliousnes VIII ne
avoided and the food that Is eate- 0ontrlpute IL
nourishing properties for the support OF the nat
u,s. nser " tb following symptoms resulting
from Diso~se of the Digestive Organs: Constipa-
tioa, inward Piles, Fullness Of the Blood in the
Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Nausea. Heart
burn, Disgust of Food, Fullness or weights In thS
Stomach, Sour Eructations Sinking or Flutter
ing OF the Heart, Choking or Suffocsting Sens&
tons wien in lying posture, Dtmness OF Wis
ion, Dots or Webs before the Sight, Fever ane
Duh Pain in the Head, Deficiency OF Perspfra
ton, Yellownese OF the Skin and Eyes, Pain II
the Side, Chest Limbs and Sudden Flushes o
Heat, Burning IN the Flesh.
few doses of RAILWAYS PILLS Win Tree th
system OF al the above named disorders.
Price % cents per box. Sold by all drugg1sh
Send q letter stamp to DR.. RADWA1 CCs
No. 81 Warren street, New York. "A
sWIniormstion worth thousands wiz DC sen
TO THE PUBLIC.
Be sure and ask for RAILWAYS, and see the
the name "RADWAY" Is on what you buy,
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EARMERs, ATTENTION.

As rule the poultry yard does not receive
much attention by the busy farmer, and the
same old stock is kept year in and year out,
while the facts show that with very little
intelligent attention poultry pays better than
any stock on the farm. We recommend every
farmer to stock his poultry yard with the
Black Leghorn Breed. Why? Not be.
cause this breed is best for broilers, for it
don't pay to raise the broilers at IL and 10
cents each, which is all they will bring at the
earliest season, but because they eat less
than the larger breeds, they are the most
beautiful of all the breeds, and because
they are the greatest egg producers
in the world. My stock is now laying
upon an average 2SS eggs per hen per
year. This is "a dozen, which, at 10cts per
dozen, makes $2.40 produced by each hen per
year. Can any farmer show such profits from
other stock ?s But some one will say, "Do
they lay as well in the winterr Suppose
they fall off during the cold weather, so as to
bring the average per hen down one half, that
is to IA eggs per hen, or ~ dozen. This
would be ST. 20 worth of eggs at 10 cents per
dozen. Can any farmer show that other farm
stock pays as well as this? l tell you the
profit from the poultry yard depends
upon the production of eggs. The
magnificent cock "Superb" heads my yard for
the season of 1887, and am selling limited
number of eggs from this stock at s1.50 per
setting of 13, or 50. so for 26. Call on or ad-
dress D. L. FARRAR,
Breeder of High Glass Black Leghorns
a23 At 16 Carroll St., Westminster, Nd.
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A ssIGNEE of Mortgagee's Sale
OLA
VALUABLE SMALL FARM,
In New Windsor District. Carroll Co, Nd.

By virtue of q power of sale contained in a
mortgage from John w. Barnes and wife,
dated the 10th day of May, 1881, to Jeremiah
Bale land duly assigned to the undersigned),
and recorded among the Real Estate Mort
gage Records Of Carroll county in Liber \.
I. S., No. l6, folio 20S, &C., the undersigned,
as assignee thereof, will offer at public sale,
on the premises, on
SATURDAY, the s1st day Of May, 1887,
at 2 O'Clock, D. m., all that valuable little
farm containing
SO ACRES, MORE OR LESS,
lying in New Windsor District, Carroll
county, about II miles from the town of New
Windsor and about / mile from Wakefield
station on the Western Maryland Rail Road
and adjoining the lands of David Zepp, VIM.
Repp and others. This property is improved
by o dwelling house, barn and all necessary
outbuildings, in good repair. A spring of ex-
cellent and never failing water close TO the
door. The soil is of the best and very pro-
ductiye. There is an orchard of fine fruit
upon the property. This is most desirable
home in every respect.
Terms of Sale are :-0ne-third of the pur-
chase money cash on the day of sale or upon
the ratification thereof by. the court; the
balance in two equal payments of six ans
twelve months, TO be secured by the notes OF
the purchaser or purchasers TO the satisfaction
of the assignee, and bearing interest from the
day of sale; or all cash on the day of sale or
the ratification thereof.
DENNIS II. MAYNARD,
Assignee, &c.
Jas. A C. Bond, Solicitor for Assignee.
anril % IS
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SPRrNe OPENING
pw AT OAK HALL, sa
NEW WINDSOR, MD.

The finest display Of DRESS GOODS, in
cludng all the Spring novelties can be seen at
GEORGE C. ANDERs'.
Our stock is immense and can please all
who will call. Dress Goods from 4c to 81: so
ner ward. Over one hundred different styles
to select from. Cashmere Trills from &c up;
Ga Dress Goods 25c; Tricot Cloths from 2Sc
up; Abetross. Empress Henriett, Little Ii
coon Cloths, all of the very latest
Silk Checks and Stripe French Com
bination Suiting; Embroidered
Suitings, both in Wool and
Wash Goods.
SUMMER SILK FROM Ssc UP.
JOB LOT OF SUMMER SILKS,
to be sold at so cts. former price rs to 80 cts.
SURAH SILKS, SATIN RHADAMAS,
BLACK AND COLORED SILKS,
Superior line of Trimmings, Buttons to match
OUR NOTION DEPARTMENT
is full of Choice Goods both for Ladies and
Gents.
OUR DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT
is very full of choice goods.
We begin Calicoes at 3lc; Muslin cts;
Gingham cts; Ticking 8 cts; Linen Da-
mask 25 cts; all other goods in proportion.
READY-MADE CLOTHING
a specially beth for Men, Youths and Boys,
from 81. IS to $20O Suit, full line of choice
Cassimeres from. 25c to $500 per yard.
CARPETS, MATING AND OIL CLOTHS
very low. Rag and Flowered Carpets from
2Oc up; Brussels 6Oc to 85c; Wool Carpets
50c to SOC.
We still place Evitt Bro. Shoes in the lead,
and in previously contested races they always
in price. Mems Shoes as low as $1.0O. La
dies fine Button Shoes at $1.25. Groceries
very low. Sugar SC; Coffee 15c; Good Syrup
SOC.
Spring Styles of Hats Just in, also our Bos-
ton Style of Shoes, they are perfect beauties.
For want of time we will close. We state
without fear of contradiction our stock is su
perior to any ever exhibited in this town.
Come one, come all ,and see for yourselves.
EGGS AND LARD
taken in trade; also will dispose of Wool for
our customers to the very best advantage.
Thanking you for past patronage we hope
to see you early and often in the future.
apr 16 GEO. C. ANDERs.
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E. o. GRIMES. ). Q. srIrEIY.
r o. GRIMES & CO.,
AT
THE PRINCIPAL DEPOT,
WESTMINSTER, MD.
Have as complete stock of
CHOICE GROCERIES

as eau be found in our city.
CHOICE TEAS, COFFEES, SYRUPS.
NEW ORLEANS M0LASSES, CANNED
GOODS OF ALL KINDS, CIGARS, TO
BACCOS, &c.
The best grades of Pat. Process and Family
Flour constantly on hand at bottom figures.
We pay the highest prices for Wheat, Corn,
Rye, Oats, and all kinds of Country Produce.
Agents for Latin & Rand's Blasting Pow
der, and Jndson's Dynamite for stump blast
ing, &e. -
FARMERS
Can be supplied with the best quality of Cot
ton and Flaxseed Meal, Heavy Middlings,
Ban. &c. at lowest prices. Call and see
mars +. o. GRIMES & co.